Full Idea
Every person is conscious of all philosophical truths, but to bring them to conceptual awareness, to reflection, is the business of the philosopher.
Gist of Idea
Everyone is conscious of all philosophical truths, but philosophers bring them to conceptual awareness
Source
Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819], IV.68)
Book Reference
Schopenhauer,Arthur: 'The World as Will and Idea', ed/tr. Berman,Jill and David [Everyman 1995], p.241
A Reaction
I like this. All human beings are philosophical. It seems unlikely, though, that we are all pre-conceptually conscious of the higher levels of philosophical logic.